This story by Isaac Asimov is set in the year 2155. The theme is one that many of today’s children experienced for the first time during recent Covid-19 lock-downs: on-line learning from home. In the story, a boy shows a friend something strange he found hidden away in his family attic. Neither of them has seen one before… it is a book! First, they discuss how wasteful paper books were compared to electronic books of their day. The book is about school, and they go on to compare home schooling of the future with “going to school” in the past.
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pretty cool for 2155 i mean whoa a MECHANICAL TEACHER and HOME SCHOOL imagine living with your teacher
nice